OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. [CHAP.XII.
Sept. 23, 1861. - Affair at Albany, Ky.
26, 1861. - Destruction of lock at the mouth of Muddy River, Kentucky.
26-30, 1861. - Expedition from Cumberland Ford, including skirmish in Laurel County, &c., Kentucky.
29, 1861. - Affairs at Albany, Ky., and Travisville, Tenn.
Skirmish at Hopkinsville, Ky.
Oct. 8, 1861. - Brigadier General William T. Sherman, U.S. Army, supersedes Brigadier-General Anderson in command of the Department of the Cumberland.
10, 1861. - Brigadier General O.M. Mitchel, U.S. Army, ordered to organize an expedition into East Tennessee.
12, 1861. - Skirmish near Upont's Hill, Ky.
18, 1861. - Skirmish near Rockcastle Hills, Ky.
21, 1861 - Action at Rockcastle Hills, or Camp Wildcat, Ky.
23, 1861.- Skirmish near Hodgensville, Ky.
Skirmish at West Liberty, Ky.
24, 1861. - Attack on Camp Joe Underwood, Ky.
26, 1861. - Expedition to Eddyville and skirmish at Saratoga, Ky.
28, 1861. - Skirmish at Laurel Bridge, Laurel County, Kentucky.
General Johnston assumes immediate command of the Army Corps of Central Kentucky.
29, 1861. - Skirmishes at an near Woodbury, Ky.
31, 1861. - Skirmishes near Morgantown, Ky.
Nov. 1, 1861. - Brigadier General Humphrey Marshall, C.S. Army, ordered to Eastern Kentucky.
7, 1861. - Demonstration from Paducah upon Columbus, Ky.*
8-9, 1861. - Engagement at Ivy Mountain and skirmish at Piketon, Ky.
8-18, 1861. - Revolt of Unionists in East Tennessee.
9, 1861. - Department of the Ohio reorganized so as to embrace Kentucky and Tennessee.
11, 1861. - Major General George B. Crittenden, C.S. Army, assigned to command of the District of Cumberland Gap.
15, 1861 - Brigadier General Don Carlos Buell, U.S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the Ohio.
19, 1861 - General Johnston calls upon Tennessee for all the militia and volunteer force that can be armed.
AUGUST 22, 1861. - Capture of the steamers W.B. Terry and Samuel Orr, at Paducah, Ky.
REPORTS.
Numbers 1. - Major General J.C. Fremont, U.S. Army, commanding Western Department.
Numbers 2. - Colonel Richard J. Oglesby, Eighth Illinois Infantry, commanding at Cairo, Ill.
Numbers 3. - Commander R. N. Stembel, U.S. Navy.
Numbers 1. Report of Major General J.C. Fremont U.S. Army, commanding Western Department.
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT, Saint Louis, August 25, 1861
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith communications to my headquarters from Colonel R.J. Oglesby, Eighth Regiment Illinois Volun-
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*See p. 299, Vol. III, of this series.
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